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Tag Archives: piano
Chord Identification Flash Cards
Flashcards I created for another piano teacher. They are meant to help students practice identifying their major and minor keys and chords. Includes: 33 major & minor chords, plus Cb7, C diminished, C augmented. 14 cards for identifying what chord … Continue reading
How to tell when your child isn’t practicing.
Excellent article that applies to all instruments, and not only to the piano. (And it’s not too long, either!) Click Here to read it! Not much needs to be added to the article, but I do want to make the … Continue reading
Recital Tips (gifts!)
As far as teaching careers are concerned, mine has been relatively short. I taught a few lessons as a teenager, but have only been consistently teaching for approximately 6 years. Here is what I have learned: Make a simple program … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice
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3.5 Rules for Picking Christmas Music
It’s that time of year, when music teachers all over America (and I assume other places too!) begin picking Christmas music with their students. I enjoy this particularly because it is like hitting the reset button for the students: they … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice
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CHRISTMAS Duets for beginning Violin and Piano
Hello everyone! It’s October, and you know what that means for music teachers…time to start Christmas music! Two of my private students happen to be twins; they always want to try to play together, but since one is on violin … Continue reading
Posted in Composition and Theory Information, Teaching Private Lessons
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7 Tips for saving Money on Music!
Hello everyone! Check out this post for some excellent tips on saving money on sheet music. Some things I do personally: Only buy copies of books you know you will use frequently. For me, this is usually the primer level … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Private Lessons, Tips and Tricks
Tagged copy, lesson, money, music, piano, save, sheet, teacher, teachers, tips, voice
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10 Things You Should Do BEFORE Your Child Starts Piano Lessons
Check out this excellent article by Elissa Milne. Click Here to read it. I would also add to this list: 11. Make sure your child knows the difference between high/low and loud/soft. You wouldn’t believe the number of students who … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons
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App: Piano Maestro!
Helloooooo music teachers! I want to take a brief moment to share about an app that an adult piano student recommended to me, and I love it! It is the Piano Maestro app for iPad. I am not sure if … Continue reading
Posted in Composition and Theory Information, Games, studio, Teaching Piano
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What to give your teacher?
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah, I sure did! At the beginning of December my studio had recitals, and I was able to have a recital that consisted of mostly my students. It has been very … Continue reading
Video: “Angels we have Heard On High” – The Piano Guys
Christmas is just two days away, so I thought it appropriate to share something Christmas-y and musical. This is a really neat video created by The Piano Guys in which four men play the same piano using special effects. You … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 